Byway Capital
Byway Capital is an evergreen investment vehicle launched in 2024 by managing partner Florent Thomann together with the Hartwood family office, its principal LP. It deploys €5–50M tickets across France and Europe in services-sector small & mid-cap companies with €2–50M EBITDA, in equity, flex equity or mezzanine, without exit timeline constraints.
Key facts
Recent exits
No exits recorded yet.
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 7 portfolio companies (7 active · 0 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
7 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Byway Capital has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Byway CapitalBuyout2024 · 2yr€5M7 active
Unrealized
7 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software |  France | 2025 | |
| Consumer | France | 2026 | |
| Software | France | 2024 | |
| Software |  Netherlands | 2024 | |
| Financials | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| Aerospace & Defence |  Germany | 2023 |
France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2026France· Entry 2024Netherlands· Entry 2024France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2023Saved GPs appear in your watchlist, one click from your workspace.
About Byway Capital
Byway Capital is a private equity firm with €5 million of assets under management as of December 2024 and a founding year of 2024, headquartered in Paris. The platform targets majority and significant minority stakes in European mid-cap businesses across business services, consumer, financials, industrials and software, deploying institutional capital from successive flagship vehicles.
Investment thesis
The platform deploys buyout and growth equity capital across business services, consumer, financials, industrials and software businesses in France and selectively across Europe, targeting majority and significant minority equity positions in mid-cap and lower mid-cap European companies. Value-creation framework emphasises operational improvement, working capital optimisation and selective M&A activity, with the partnership culture supporting management teams across multi-year ownership periods.
Recent activity
Realised exits across the current platform vintages remain limited, with the portfolio in active deployment and value-creation phase. The platform tracks 1 dedicated investment vehicle, 7 active portfolio companies and 0 realised exits across the strategy's history. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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